One of the best ways to spend a Sunday afternoon? Ice fishing, of course!
Step by step guide:
#1, Drive your truck out onto the lake. You may also consider bringing your snowmobile, bob house, camper, etc. Whatever, uh, floats, your boat...figuratively of course!
#2, Set your traps. Now this may look and sound easy, but don't let it fool you. One must first use an auger to drill a very, very deep hole into the chosen and blessed small section of ice.
#3, Bait your trap with these little guys. Aren't they cute???
#4, Now the fun part...waiting around for your flags to pop up off your traps! You have to go back and check your traps every once in a while because fish can be very sneaky...they can get away with the bait without you even knowing...very sneaky, indeed. The dads usually get tagged with the responsibility of checking the traps, 'cause really, the kids are having way too much fun sliding on the ice!
#5, Enjoy the view!
#6, Your flag finally pops! Pull up your fish and hope it is a winner and not a bait-sized one...The small ones get used to bait bigger fish, sounds like a raw deal to me! Looks like Kloey got lucky!
#7, Pack your fish in snow to make him comfortable. Hope that he is big enough at 11" to place in the derby that you're fishing in.
#8, Be a good enough sport to let your big sister pester you about photos for her blog.
#9, Be home by dark. Mom's orders!
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